TAKE MY PICTURE
 

 

Task 1

Open the website at
www.math.unl.edu/~nmsi/tQ2/3index1.html

Identify your interests with the self inventory.

www.math.unl.edu/~nmsi/tQ2/inventory.html

Submit your data.

click on careerQuest

http://www.math.unl.edu/~nmsi/

Task 2

Go to http://cbweb9p.collegeboard.org/career/bin/career.pl

Choose All careers

Click on engineering

Click on a specific type of engineering

Use the chart "Comparing my Personal Pathway" to compare your assessment to the skills needed for an occupation from the Engineering and Industrial Technology pathway.

 

 Engineering & Industrial Technology  My Personal Assessment    
       
 Figuring out how things work      
 Operating or fixing machines      
 Building things or helping others build things      
 Working with wood, metal, or plastic materials  Operating computers  

 

What similarities do you see?

 

What differences do you see?

 

Is this a pathway you might like to pursue? Why or why not?

 

Community Connections:
If you are interested in more information on the Engineering & Industrial Technology pathway or any other pathway:

Visit a job site in that pathways or

Invite a speaker from the pathways or

Visit a website in the pathways
http://cbweb9p.collegeboard.org/career/bin/career.pl
http://www.jobweb.org/catapult/catapult.htm

 


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